By Ravi Ranganathan
It rained copiously for long last night
Leaving my part of the world wet and wanting.
I found myself alone in the park this morning
None ventured to take a stroll, it was all so quiet.
Took me some time to get over the eerie feeling
That you always get when you don’t see human faces
Known ones or the unknowns, at such familiar places
Wondering am I wasting time at a place so unappealing?.
I was so totally wrong; what a miscalculation!
True the park was, slushy, muddy and wet
But my God, I was not alone certainly, and I met
Vertebrates and Invertebrates at each inhalation!
There were joyful squirrels moving on branches of trees
With gay abandon; pigeons and mynas hopping and flying.
Arthropods and mud worms, full of life and kicking
Enjoying the environ, not to appease, even the bees!
My foot falls on the fallen dry leaves were music
To their sensitized ears, and soft breeze a symphony
A pair of parrots were keen aesthetes, like sweet honey
Tweeting their amorous vibes in notes pristinely poetic!
Not caring for this climate, black ants formed a line
Carrying grain; a dog yonder surveyed the scene
The park was as vibrant as one can define
I hardly missed my fellow walkers, this great day was surely mine!
By Ravi Ranganathan
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